Counter display-box.



No. 677,l08. Patented June 25 l90l. A. L. WEIS.

COUNTER DISPLAY BOX.

(Application filed Nov. 24, 1900.)

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Patented June 25, |90L A. L. WEIS. COUNTER DISPLAY BOX.

(Application filed Nov. 24, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW LOUIS WEIS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

COUNTER DISPLAY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 677,108, dated June 25,1901. Application filed November 24, 1900. Serial No. 37,638. (Ntfmodeh)To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ANDREW LOUIS W'EIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Counter Display-Box, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to counter displayboxes; and the object of thesame is to provide simple and effective means,in connection with the lidor cover of a box, whereby the said lid or cover may be quickly arrangedas an easelto receive the box-body and hold the latter in such positionthat its contents Will be fully exposed to view and readily removablefor selling purposes, the lid or cover being also readily adjusted forthe purpose of closing the box-body and protecting the contents of thelatter and the supporting or looking attachment foldable in closerelation to the lid or cover in order to avoid the formation ofprojectionsthat would interfere with packing the boxes or closelyshelving the same.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lid or cover fora box, arranged asan easel, embodying the features of the invention and showing a portionof the box-body in dotted lines and supported thereby, a portion of thelid or cover being broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal verticalsection of the form of lid or cover and box-body shown by Fig. 1arranged in storing condition and showing the compact form of the same.Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modification in theconstruction, the box-body not being shown. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalvertical section of a boxbody and lid thereover, the lid embodying thefeatures of construction shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof a box lid or cover embodying a further modification in the easelstructure. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal vertical section of a box body andlid or cover, the lid or cover embodying the structural features shownby Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of a box lid or cover embodyinga further modification in the easel structure. Fig. 8 is a longitudinalvertical section of a box body and lid or cover, the lid or coverembodying the structural features shown by Fig. 7.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several 5 5 views.

The numeral 1 designates a box-body of any suitable form or material andprovided with compartments or divisions or not, as may be desired, andunder the provisions of the pres- 6o ent invention the lid or coverfitted over the box-body to protect the contents thereof, as usual, isconstructed and arranged to produce an easel without in the leastdetracting from its useful closing service for the box-body, and theseveral attachments by their compact adjustment and close fold inrelation to the lid or cover avoid the formation of interferingprojections, and thereby the ordinary desirable close assemblage of theboxes in packing the same and arranging them on shelves is obtainable.

In the form of the lid or cover shown by Figs. 1 and 2 a centralbreak-joint 2 is formed therein to provide supporting-sections 3 and a,the top portion of the section 3 having a tongue 5 cut therefrom alongtwo sides and at one end, the other end being movably held intact withthe said top portion to provide a hinge therefor. The freeend of thesaid tongue has a transverse counter-slot 6, and said free end isremovably fitted in a slot '7, cut in the top portion of the section 4:near one end. When the said free end of said tongue has been inserted inthe slot 7, the counter-slot 6 is caused to embrace the portion of thetop of the section adjacent to one end of the said slot 7, and therebylock. the tongue against accidental disengagement.

When the two sections are connected by the go tongue, as shown by'Fig.1, either one of the same may be employed forsupportin g the boxbody andits contents in displaying position, as illustrated by dotted lines.When it is desired to close the box, the tongue is discon- 5 nected andfolded into the slot in the section 3 of the lid or cover and the latterthen straightened and applied as shown by Fig. 2. The lid or cover shownby Fig. 3 has the same break-joint 2 to form the sections 3 and 4, thetongue 8 having a member 9 pasted or otherwise adhesively applied to thetop portion of the section 3 and formed with ahinge by suitably scoringthe same, the tongue in other respects in this instance having the sameconstruction as the tongue 5 (shown by Fig. 1) and operating to supportthe sections 3 and 4 in easel form in a similar manner. WVhen the tongue8 is disconnected, it is folded down on the top of the lid or cover, asshown by Fig. 4.

The lid or cover shown by Figs. 5 and 6 does not have the break-joint,but is rigid from end to end. From the top of said lid or cover 10 aprop 11 is out along two sides and one end and formed with a scoredhinge 12 at the opposite extremity to preserve the integrality thereofwith the top of the lid or cover. A tongue 13 is completely out from theprop and is smaller at one end than the other, the small end of saidtongue being left integral with the top of the lid or cover at thecenter of the end opposite that adjacent to which the prop is hinged andthe smaller end of the slot in the prop, formed by cutting the tonguetherefrom, being at the bottom of said prop when the latter is insupporting position.

' The tongue 13 has its larger end in engagement with the slot in theprop, and when the prop and tongue are arranged to hold the lid or coverfor display purposes the enlarged end of the tongue is pushed down tothe smaller extremity of the slotin the prop, as shown, and to preventaccidental disengagement of the enlarged tongue end from the prop it isformed with transverse slots 1& to permit a portion of the same toembrace the prop adjacent the opening therein. When the lid or cover isarranged to close the boxbody, the slotted end of the tongue 13 ispushed upwardly in the slot in the prop and both the prop and tonguethen closed into the opening in the top of the lid or cover, flush withthe latter.

The construction shown by Figs. 7 and Sis similar to that shown by Figs.5 and 6 except that the tongue 15 has its'wider extremity hinged to thewider end wall of the slot in the'prop, and the smaller free end of saidtongue is removably fitted in a slot 16 in the top of the lid or cover,near one end of the latter. It will be observed that the slot in theprop of the lid or cover shown by Fig. 7 is reverse to that shown byFig. 5, and, in fact, the two structures in these two figuresdemonstrate the capability of hinging the tongue to the top of the lidor cover or to the prop, and in closing the lid or cover, as shown byFig. 7, the tongue is disconnected from the slot 16 and folded into theprop, and both the prop and tongue are then pressed into the opening inthe top of the lid or cover and flush with the latter. When the lids orcovers of the forms of the device shown by Figs. 5 and 7 are arranged aseasels, the box-bodies er /310s containing the articles to be displayedare slipped into the same bodily and are thereby The material used inthe construction of the lid or cover and the box-bodies may be varied atwill, and while some of the many forms of construction involving theprinciple of the invention have been, shown and described it will beunderstood that the invention con templates all variations within thesame prin ciple. Other changes in the form, size, proportions, and minordetails of the several de vices may .be resorted to without departingfrom the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is'" p 1. Ina counter display-box, the combina= tion of a lid or cover having asupporting por-' tion, and a tongue foldably carried by one portion ofthe cover and adapted to removably engage the other portion to form aneasel to receive the box-body.

2. A counter display-box having a lid or cover provided with asupporting portion forming a part thereof, and a hinged tongue out fromand foldably carried by one portion of the lid or cover toremovablyengage the other portion of the same.

3. A counter display-box having a lid or cover provided withahingedsupportingmemher which completes the same when used forclosingpurposes,and ahinged tongue foldably carried by one portion ofthe said lid or cover to detachably engage the other portion of thesame.

4. A counter display-box having a lid or cover provided with a hingedsupporting member which completes the same when used for closingpurposes, one member of the lid or cover having a slot therein, and ahinged tongue foldably carried by one portion of the said lid or coverto detachabl y engage the slot in the other portion.

5. A counter display-box having a lid or cover with an intermediatebreak hinge-joint to form two sections, one forming a prop for theother, and a tongue hinged to one section and detachably engaging theother to form an easel to receive and hold the boX-body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW LOUIS WEIS.

Witnesses:

CLARA A. STANBURY, HENRY C. TRUESDALL.

